– agri minister
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud told a seminar recently that one initiative being undertaken to deal with the feed and food price crunch is that land is being dedicated to farmers for feedstock production to boost the local livestock industry.
The product initially targeted is rice and the land will not be used for any other purpose, the minister maintained.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) release, the minister also noted that it is very lucrative to sell Guyana’s broken rice on the international market as it is used to feed persons as far away as Senegal. The broken rice today fetches close to US$430 per tonne, so it’s an economic opportunity to use this byproduct.
